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Digital Transformation Tip 015: 15 Best Practices for #APIs

1.    Design for clear purpose, simplicity, and user centered approach
2.    Follow #RESTful principles
3.    Provide comprehensive documentation
4.    Version your APIs
5.    Use clear and consistent naming conventions
6.    Use proper authentication and authorization mechanism
7.    Handle errors effectively
8.    Ensure #data validation and consistency
9.    Implement rate limiting and throttling
10. Incorporate #security standards
11. Optimize for performance
12. Monitor, log and analyse API usage
13. Plan for scalability, extensibility and version deprecation
14. Support developer community
15. Test, evolve and iterate


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